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Media Spotlight
Martin and his typewriters have been featured in the media several
times since the collection began. Martin is always willing and eager to
speak about his favourite past-time, so if you are interested in booking
him for a media appearance or interviewing him for an article, please contact
him.
Television Appearances
To view these video clips, you will require the FREE Windows Media
Player, which can be downloaded for Windows and Mac here
or the free QuickTime player, which can be downloaded for Windows and Mac here.
Newspaper Articles
"Martin Howard is a
collecting type"
By Bill MacLean
Beach Metro News, 2003
On the Web
ROM's
podcast
Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) - 2007
Lancette Arts
Lancettte Journal of the Arts - July 2007 - Page 14
SceneandHeard.ca - A Canadian pop culture magE-zine with punch!
SceneandHeard.ca - 2007 (Vol. 07 - Issue 06)
 Public Exhibits
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Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) - 2007
Early Typewriters - Gateway to the Information Age presents
the renowned collection of Torontonian Martin Howard, the largest of
its kind in Canada. These fascinating examples of early modern
communications technology (1880s & 1890s) will be seen at the ROM
until January 2008. There are twenty selected typewriters on display
along with period ads and photographs.
- The Toronto Vintage Paper Show
Sunday, October 22, 2006
The Barbara Frum Atrium, CBC Broadcast Centre
250 Front Street W., Toronto, Ontario
Martin Howard, Toronto – a superb display of antique
typewriters from his personal collection. The collection, comprised of
typewriters from the very beginning of the typewriting industry, is the
largest in Canada. The collection contains many rare and historically
important typewriters, showing the remarkable diversity and beauty of the
world’s first typing machines.
 
Martin received some fan mail after bringing
his collection to the March 2006 paper show:
Hi Martin. I just want to tell you that my little nephew, Julian
(8), enjoyed meeting you and seeing all your typewriters at the Vintage
Paper show held this past Sunday. He talked about the typewriters all
the way home and told his mother how you too like to press buttons and
what happened to you when you pressed the red button at the luggage
carousel at the airport. He still has your business card, albeit
somewhat mangled. Julian was quite taken with your typewriters. We may
have a budding collector on our hands. Luckily you were at the show, as
he was bored until he saw your machines. Thanks again for taking the
time to talk to him and letting him use the machines. Luba
- Benares Historic House, Visitor Centre
Mississauga, Ontario 2005
  
- Pavillon Jacques-Cartier, "Montreal Breathes the Book"
Montreal, Quebec 2005
  
 
©
, Martin Howard
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